<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:38:37 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@visiblehand/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Smart Quorum - The Blockchain Development Platform & Ecosystem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Smart Quorum is a platform for exchanging blockchain development services. It provides an integrated set of services and tools for blockchain developers and their customers. The benefits to the developer]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/smartquorum/@visiblehand/smart-quorum-the-blockchain-development-platform-and-ecosystem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/smartquorum/@visiblehand/smart-quorum-the-blockchain-development-platform-and-ecosystem</guid><category><![CDATA[smartquorum]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2018 12:04:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Details of the Countinghouse Fund ICO]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Countinghouse Fund ICO is already underway and will continue through June 11th. It allows purchase of tokens either using ETH or using Paypal, but a note on the website indicates that Paypal investments]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/countinghouse/@visiblehand/details-of-the-countinghouse-fund-ico</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/countinghouse/@visiblehand/details-of-the-countinghouse-fund-ico</guid><category><![CDATA[countinghouse]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2018 23:13:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is Countinghouse Fund?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Countinghouse Fund is a hedge fund that has previously focused on investments in foreign exchange and fiat currencies and is planning to open a new fund focused on cryptocurrencies. They rely on mathematical]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/countinghouse/@visiblehand/what-is-countinghouse-fund</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/countinghouse/@visiblehand/what-is-countinghouse-fund</guid><category><![CDATA[countinghouse]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 21:44:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bicycle Security and More With ShareLock]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you live in a big city that relies heavily on bikes to get around, you’ll understand how easy it is for your bike to get stolen. Many people have wondered what the best possible solution to this problem]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bicycle/@visiblehand/bicycle-security-and-more-with-sharelock</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bicycle/@visiblehand/bicycle-security-and-more-with-sharelock</guid><category><![CDATA[bicycle]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 27 May 2018 10:07:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[ShareLock - A Revolution in Bicycling]]></title><description><![CDATA[According to nacto.org, over 42,000 bikes were available for bike share in the US in 2016. This means that in six years, the amount of bike share users increased 96%. Based on these statistics, it can]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sharelock/@visiblehand/sharelock-a-revolution-in-bicycling</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sharelock/@visiblehand/sharelock-a-revolution-in-bicycling</guid><category><![CDATA[sharelock]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2018 14:02:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Advantages of Nousplatform]]></title><description><![CDATA[The value proposition of Nousplatform is that it has advantages for both fund managers and investors. I’ll recap those advantages, and then will briefly discuss some of the implications. On their website,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nousplatform/@visiblehand/the-advantages-of-nousplatform</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nousplatform/@visiblehand/the-advantages-of-nousplatform</guid><category><![CDATA[nousplatform]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2018 09:16:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[My Thoughts on Swiss Alps Energy & Mining]]></title><description><![CDATA[In poker, there’s a strategy called the semi-bluff. The semi-bluff is used when a player has a hand that they know is unlikely to be the best hand, but that could become the best if the right cards fall.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@visiblehand/my-thoughts-on-swiss-alps-energy-and-mining</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@visiblehand/my-thoughts-on-swiss-alps-energy-and-mining</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2018 13:58:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7b4bio5hobgu85mFpLjsB5bdcQRiiGHJEPFYM5SsgfYmhc5M8SJQy3iuFBojvdoiZe6RgkcpGtUB7EmwWE2bcgnx1XarMimvcVMbsQVmzgSEhZE29QRhmCWf9mcSR5VLpvgKa2MDJsmGi6Bd9rZEMhAkbYwp?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Introduction to Nousplatform]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nousplatform provides blockchain-based escrow, technical and legal frameworks for decentralized management of investment funds that hold tokens or cryptocurrencies. It uses NSU tokens (which are based]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nousplatform/@visiblehand/an-introduction-to-nousplatform</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nousplatform/@visiblehand/an-introduction-to-nousplatform</guid><category><![CDATA[nousplatform]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2018 09:35:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will There Be Sports Betting On The FCFL?]]></title><description><![CDATA[On Monday, May 14, the Supreme Court announced that they had ruled PASPA (the federal ban on sports betting) unconstitutional. This means that, effective immediately, individual states can determine the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sports/@visiblehand/will-there-be-sports-betting-on-the-fcfl</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sports/@visiblehand/will-there-be-sports-betting-on-the-fcfl</guid><category><![CDATA[sports]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2018 12:02:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCFL Partnership Announcements]]></title><description><![CDATA[The FCFL announced three major partnerships last week. Each of these is important on its own, and combined they will provide FCFL broadcasts with the exposure and the polish that they’ll need to get millions]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-partnership-announcements</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-partnership-announcements</guid><category><![CDATA[fcfl]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:13:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCFL Vote Allocation Structures: Part 3]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my previous two articles about vote allocation structures, I described some of the goals of vote allocation and some of the possible types of structures that could be used in the FCFL Which approach]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-vote-allocation-structures-part-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-vote-allocation-structures-part-3</guid><category><![CDATA[fcfl]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:48:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCFL Playoff Proposal]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know there’s been some talk about FCFL playoff formats, but no firm decision yet. I’d imagine that this is one of the decisions that will ultimately be voted on by fans. Here are my thoughts on an ideal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-playoff-proposal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-playoff-proposal</guid><category><![CDATA[fcfl]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 21:56:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCFL Vote Allocation Structures: Part 2]]></title><description><![CDATA[There are a variety of basic structural options that the FCFL could use for vote allocation. It doesn’t appear that this decision has been finalized yet, but they have given some hints what they’re]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-vote-allocation-structures-part-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-vote-allocation-structures-part-2</guid><category><![CDATA[fcfl]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 12:27:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCFL Vote Allocation Structures: Part 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Vote allocation structures are a pretty complicated topic, so this is going to be a multi-part article. Until very recently I had just assumed that the structure used by FCFL would be a simply “one token,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-vote-allocation-structures-part-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-vote-allocation-structures-part-1</guid><category><![CDATA[fcfl]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2018 12:06:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXZAB1c9FDyyWWkNF6oMZ1h3kMKhvHT3DA83qFMXECQkrdJGh1nXnLVDpifBY7evTdbkgM8NqhmY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Could Fans of One FCFL Team Sabotage Another Team?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Given the opportunity, do you think fans of the Redskins would choose to sabotage the Cowboys? Me too. How about what fans of most teams would like to do to the Patriots?. Given the control that fans will]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/could-fans-of-one-fcfl-team-sabotage-another-team</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/could-fans-of-one-fcfl-team-sabotage-another-team</guid><category><![CDATA[fcfl]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Mar 2018 11:21:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What If Football Players Ran Their Own Team?]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the many twists of the FCFL (Fan Controlled Football League) is that the players will be able to hold FAN tokens and influence the direction of the team. I’ve confirmed with FCFL support that this]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/football/@visiblehand/what-if-football-players-ran-their-own-team</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/football/@visiblehand/what-if-football-players-ran-their-own-team</guid><category><![CDATA[football]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2018 10:12:09 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCFL Wish List, Item #3: No Tanking]]></title><description><![CDATA[This one is important for several reasons. The first one could be thought of as ‘fan protection’. It’s unfair to fans of a team to have games, portion of season, or in some cases entire seasons where their]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-wish-list-item-3-no-tanking</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-wish-list-item-3-no-tanking</guid><category><![CDATA[fcfl]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2018 20:09:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCFL Wish List, Item #2: Get Rid of Special Teams]]></title><description><![CDATA[Several of my recent posts have mentioned the ‘Ask Me Anything’ that FCFL co-founders Ray Austin, Patrick Dees and Grant Cohen did a few days ago. One idea that Ray suggested in that video is to get rid]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-wish-list-item-2-get-rid-of-special-teams</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-wish-list-item-2-get-rid-of-special-teams</guid><category><![CDATA[fcfl]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 19:00:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCFL Wish List, Item #1: Instant Replay Done Right]]></title><description><![CDATA[This was briefly discussed in the recent ‘Ask Me Anything’ done by FCFL co-founders Ray Austin, Patrick Dees and Grant Cohen. They were split in their opinions, and I suspect that this is one of the rules]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-wish-list-item-1-instant-replay-done-right</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-wish-list-item-1-instant-replay-done-right</guid><category><![CDATA[fcfl]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 11:55:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[FCFL Founder & CEO Sohrob Farudi]]></title><description><![CDATA[One of the many reasons that I’m very optimistic about the FCFL is their leadership, particularly their CEO, Sohrob Farudi. Unlike many blockchain-based projects, the FCFL was founded by people whose primary]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-founder-and-ceo-sohrob-farudi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/fcfl/@visiblehand/fcfl-founder-and-ceo-sohrob-farudi</guid><category><![CDATA[fcfl]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[visiblehand]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 20:43:51 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>